Having been the victim of a cruel conspiracy her entire life, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) once again finds herself fighting against the system. Awaiting trial for a muder she did not commit, her only hope lies in journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nykvist), who takes on some extremely powerful and highly corrupt enemies in order to clear Lisbeth's name and expose the political cover up that threatens to destroy her freedom.